Tuesday, November 15, 2016

When it comes to our reports based on data from Diamond Comic Distributors, we're always careful to say they're based on sales to retailers by the distributor in North America. We often mention UK and European sales as not being included in Diamond's monthly tallies — but we don't often get into why that's the case. The question is occasionally raised online, so it's worth a quick primer.

Diamond launched its own service in the United Kingdom, Diamond UK Ltd., in 1991; later that year, it purchased another UK distributor, Pacific Distribution. In 1992, near the height of the comics boom and Diamond's rivalry with Capital City, the company bought out Titan Distributors. The consolidated firms operate now as Diamond Comic Distributors UK; headquartered in Cheshire, it serves both the United Kingdom and Europe.

How big a market are we talking about? For many years, I drew upon internal data for publishers who accounted for more than a third of the U.S. Direct Market — and I got to see their North American and UK invoiced orders side-by-side.

A couple of things will be immediate note. While reports had circulated that Marvel had shipped 400,000 copies of Champions #1, Diamond is only estimated to have shipped 328,165 copies in October. There's nothing unusual in this, and the Diamond figure supports rather than undermines the report. There were variants that went to GameStop and WizardWorld, among others, that possibly would not have been counted in the tally. And as always, the Diamond charts only report what it shipped in the month to North American stores, meaning overseas copies and reorders outside the time period are not included.

Second, as noted Friday, we do have a Loot Crate comic again in the form of the chart-topping Big Trouble in Little China/EscapeFrom New York #1 variant that it received from Boom through Diamond. It's the first one we've seen since the spring of 2015, and in that time something has changed: the repackager appears to have accounted for fewer copies this time.

Diamond reports shipping 421,625 copies of the Big Trouble issue; back with Boom's Bravest Warriors: Tales from the Holo John #1 in May 2015, Diamond shipped 502,737 copies. That likely puts the Loot Crate order somewhere in the 300,000s for October 2016's chart-topper, while it was in the 400,000s for the Bravest Warriors book.Orphan Black #1, back in February 2015, would likely also have had a Loot Crate order of well over 400,000 copies. It's unclear whether this represents an enduring change in the number of comic books Loot Crate orders or a one-time event.

Champions #1 had at least fourteen variants of its own offered into the Direct Market, and while that would seemingly suggest something about how much the second issue's sales might drop off, it's hard to put a percentage on it. Sales data on the highest profile first-issues hasn't been of much help in predicting second-issue sales in a long time. Multiple variants and other promotions complicate whatever predictive ratios used to exist. Champions #1 could have accounted more a little more than half the market share difference between Marvel and DC in October, but that estimate is difficult to make as market shares are based on wholesale dollars and we don't know what the average discount received was for the book.

ALL COMICS DOLLAR SALES
October 2016 versus one year ago this month: +5.74%YEAR TO DATE: +3.59%

TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES

October 2016: $6.97 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: -20%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +21%
Versus 10 years ago this month, just the Top 100 vs. the Top 100: -18%
Versus 15 years ago this month, just the Top 25 vs. the Top 25: -1%
YEAR TO DATE: $77.88 million, +4% vs. 2015

ALL TRADE PAPERBACK SALES
October 2016 versus one year ago this month: -10.40%YEAR TO DATE: -0.01%

TOP 300 COMICS + TOP 300 TRADE PAPERBACK DOLLAR SALES

October 2016: $41.2 million
Versus 1 year ago this month: +2%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +24%
Versus 10 years ago this month, counting just the Top 100 TPBs: +41%
Versus 15 years ago this month, counting just the Top 25 TPBs: +89%
YEAR TO DATE: $363.59 million, +1% vs. 2015

ALL COMICS AND TRADE PAPERBACK SALES
October 2016 versus one year ago this month: +1.09%YEAR TO DATE: +2.48%

OVERALL DIAMOND SALES (including all comics, trades, and magazines)

October 2016: approximately $51.29 million (subject to revision)
Versus 1 year ago this month: +1%
Versus 5 years ago this month: +30%
Versus 10 years ago this month: +68%YEAR TO DATE: $485.97 million, +2% vs. 2015

The average comic book in the Top 300 cost $3.93;
the average comic book
retailers ordered cost $389. The median and most common price for
comics offered was $3.99. Click to see comics prices across time.

The comics sales estimates are below; these can also be found on the permanent home for this data:

Comic-book Title

Issue

Price

Publisher

Est. sales

1

Big Trouble in Little China/Escape From New York

1†

$3.99

Boom

421,625

2

Champions

1

$4.99

Marvel

328,165

3

Doctor Strange Sorcerers Supreme

1

$3.99

Marvel

149,710

4

Dark Knight III Master Race

6

$5.99

DC

133,642

5

Batman

8

$2.99

DC

129,837

6

Batman

9

$2.99

DC

126,090

7

Civil War II

6

$4.99

Marvel

118,625

8

Darth Vader

25

$5.99

Marvel

111,381

9

All Star Batman

3*

$4.99

DC

106,905

10

Walking Dead

159

$2.99

Image

91,291

11

Clone Conspiracy

1

$4.99

Marvel

90,285

12

Justice League

6

$2.99

DC

89,073

13

Justice League

7

$2.99

DC

85,789

14

Detective Comics

942

$2.99

DC

81,432

15

Deadpool Back In Black

1

$3.99

Marvel

78,653

16

Star Wars

24

$3.99

Marvel

78,160

17

Flash

8

$2.99

DC

76,749

18

Death of X

1

$4.99

Marvel

75,825

19

Reborn

1

$3.99

Image

74,967

20

Detective Comics

943

$2.99

DC

74,340

21

Flash

9

$2.99

DC

74,311

22

Jessica Jones

1

$3.99

Marvel

74,291

23

Infamous Iron Man

1

$3.99

Marvel

73,735

24

Amazing Spider-Man

19

$4.99

Marvel

73,215

25

Doctor Strange

12

$3.99

Marvel

72,990

26

Superman

8

$2.99

DC

69,905

27

Suicide Squad

4*

$2.99

DC

69,385

28

Nightwing

6

$2.99

DC

69,246

29

Amazing Spider-Man

20

$3.99

Marvel

67,530

30

Superman

9

$2.99

DC

67,321

31

Wonder Woman

8

$2.99

DC

66,405

32

Trinity

2*

$2.99

DC

65,106

33

Teen Titans

1*

$2.99

DC

64,963

34

Wonder Woman

9

$2.99

DC

64,555

35

Suicide Squad

5*

$2.99

DC

63,472

36

Star Wars Han Solo

4

$3.99

Marvel

63,030

37

Harley Quinn

5*

$2.99

DC

62,943

38

Black Panther

7

$3.99

Marvel

60,857

39

Batman Beyond

1*

$2.99

DC

60,537

40

Death of X

2

$3.99

Marvel

59,427

41

Harley Quinn

6*

$2.99

DC

58,827

42

Nightwing

7

$2.99

DC

58,402

43

Titans

4

$2.99

DC

58,342

44

Action Comics

965

$2.99

DC

55,678

45

Action Comics

966

$2.99

DC

53,467

46

Spider-Man Deadpool

10

$3.99

Marvel

52,468

47

Green Lanterns

8

$2.99

DC

52,025

48

Deadpool

21

$9.99

Marvel

51,351

49

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps

6

$2.99

DC

49,988

50

Green Lanterns

9

$2.99

DC

49,434

51

Captain America Steve Rogers

6

$3.99

Marvel

49,111

52

Green Arrow

8

$2.99

DC

48,904

53

Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps

7

$2.99

DC

48,064

54

Star Wars Poe Dameron

7

$4.99

Marvel

47,878

55

Saga

39

$2.99

Image

46,749

56

Green Arrow

9

$2.99

DC

46,606

57

Deadpool

20

$3.99

Marvel

46,109

58

Supergirl

2*

$2.99

DC

45,692

59

Old Man Logan

12

$3.99

Marvel

45,384

60

Aquaman

8

$2.99

DC

44,551

61

Mosaic

1

$4.99

Marvel

44,354

62

Cage

1

$3.99

Marvel

44,178

63

Deadpool Back In Black

2

$3.99

Marvel

44,047

64

Invincible Iron Man

14

$3.99

Marvel

43,888

65

Aquaman

9

$2.99

DC

42,695

66

Deathstroke

4*

$2.99

DC

42,521

67

Red Hood and the Outlaws

3

$2.99

DC

41,971

68

Doctor Strange

13

$3.99

Marvel

41,290

69

Batgirl

4

$2.99

DC

40,778

70

Mighty Thor

12

$3.99

Marvel

40,326

71

Great Lakes Avengers

1

$3.99

Marvel

40,300

72

Batgirl and the Birds of Prey

3

$2.99

DC

40,041

73

Serenity No Power in the Verse

1

$3.99

Dark Horse

39,492

74

Star Wars Force Awakens Adaptation

5

$3.99

Marvel

39,329

75

Deathstroke

5*

$2.99

DC

39,144

76

Uncanny X-Men

14

$3.99

Marvel

38,685

77

All New Wolverine

13

$3.99

Marvel

38,297

78

Uncanny Avengers

15

$3.99

Marvel

38,058

79

Doom Patrol

2*

$3.99

DC

37,856

80

Cyborg

2*

$2.99

DC

37,797

81

All New All Different Avengers

15

$3.99

Marvel

37,209

82

Prowler

1

$3.99

Marvel

37,177

83

Extraordinary X-Men

15

$3.99

Marvel

36,941

84

Superwoman

3*

$2.99

DC

36,867

85

Deadpool Too Soon

1

$4.99

Marvel

36,406

86

Kiss

1

$3.99

Dynamite

36,404

87

Wonder Woman 75th Anniversary Special

1

$7.99

DC

36,096

88

Punisher

6

$3.99

Marvel

35,344

89

Cave Carson Has A Cybernetic Eye

1*

$3.99

DC

35,204

90

Moonshine

1

$2.99

Image

34,544

91

Gwenpool

7

$3.99

Marvel

34,365

92

Daredevil

12

$3.99

Marvel

34,297

93

Moon Knight

7

$3.99

Marvel

33,866

94

Hellblazer

3

$2.99

DC

33,596

95

Blue Beetle

2*

$2.99

DC

33,454

96

He Man Thundercats

1

$3.99

DC

32,936

97

All New X-Men

14

$3.99

Marvel

32,629

98

Cyborg

3*

$2.99

DC

32,505

99

Paper Girls

10

$2.99

Image

32,119

100

Shade The Changing Girl

1*

$3.99

DC

32,081

101

Punisher Annual

1

$4.99

Marvel

32,001

102

New Super Man

4

$2.99

DC

31,689

103

Death of Hawkman

1

$3.99

DC

31,316

104

Doctor Strange Mystic Apprentice

1

$3.99

Marvel

31,185

105

Solo

1

$3.99

Marvel

30,589

106

Deadpool and Mercs For Money

4

$3.99

Marvel

29,881

107

Guardians of Galaxy

13

$3.99

Marvel

29,845

108

Spider-Gwen

13

$3.99

Marvel

29,346

109

Ms Marvel

12

$4.99

Marvel

28,348

110

Seven To Eternity

2

$3.99

Image

27,968

111

Captain America Sam Wilson

14

$3.99

Marvel

27,702

112

Totally Awesome Hulk

11

$3.99

Marvel

26,259

113

Black Widow

7

$3.99

Marvel

26,202

114

Uncanny Inhumans

14

$3.99

Marvel

24,781

115

Future Quest

5

$3.99

DC

23,975

116

New Avengers

17

$3.99

Marvel

23,939

117

Kill Or Be Killed

3

$3.99

Image

23,883

118

Ultimates

12

$3.99

Marvel

23,871

119

Scooby Apocalypse

6

$3.99

DC

23,781

120

Spawn

266

$2.99

Image

22,304

121

Future Quest

6

$3.99

DC

22,131

122

A-Force

10

$3.99

Marvel

21,715

123

Raven

2

$2.99

DC

20,813

124

Monstress

7

$3.99

Image

20,799

125

Spider-Man 2099

16

$3.99

Marvel

20,671

126

Mighty Morphin Power Rangers

8

$3.99

Boom

20,563

127

I Hate Fairyland

10

$3.50

Image

20,534

128

Midnighter and Apollo

1

$3.99

DC

20,497

129

Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta

22

$2.99

Image

20,347

130

TMNT Universe

2

$4.99

IDW

19,944

131

Civil War II Kingpin

4

$3.99

Marvel

19,902

132

Vision

12

$3.99

Marvel

19,840

133

Lost Boys

1

$3.99

DC

19,812

134

Power Man and Iron Fist

9

$3.99

Marvel

19,611

135

Silk

13

$3.99

Marvel

18,619

136

Carnage

13

$3.99

Marvel

18,611

137

Black Monday Murders

3

$4.99

Image

18,371

138

Enchanted Tiki Room

1

$3.99

Marvel

18,296

139

X-Men 92

8

$3.99

Marvel

18,220

140

Archie Meets Ramones One Shot

$4.99

Archie

18,183

141

Howard the Duck

11

$3.99

Marvel

18,162

142

Silver Surfer

7

$3.99

Marvel

17,588

143

Civil War II Ulysses

3

$4.99

Marvel

17,234

144

Cannibal

1

$3.99

Image

17,172

145

TMNT Ongoing

63

$3.99

IDW

17,133

146

Revolution

2*

$3.99

IDW

16,966

147

Earth 2 Society

17

$2.99

DC

16,822

148

Squadron Supreme

12

$3.99

Marvel

16,460

149

Astonishing Ant-Man

13

$4.99

Marvel

16,350

150

Vigilante Southland

1

$3.99

DC

16,264

151

Thunderbolts

6

$3.99

Marvel

16,258

152

Spidey

11

$3.99

Marvel

16,207

153

Jupiters Legacy Vol. 2

4

$3.99

Image

16,181

154

Spider-Woman

12

$3.99

Marvel

16,176

155

Green Valley

1

$2.99

Image

16,091

156

DC Comics Bombshells

18

$3.99

DC

16,042

157

Descender

16

$2.99

Image

15,963

158

TMNT Universe

3

$4.99

IDW

15,619

159

Deadman Dark Mansion of Forbidden Love

1

$5.99

DC

15,297

160

Star Trek Boldly Go

1

$3.99

IDW

14,690

161

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl

13

$3.99

Marvel

14,688

162

Venom Space Knight

13

$3.99

Marvel

14,577

163

Bloodshot Usa

1

$3.99

Valiant

14,509

164

Mockingbird

8

$3.99

Marvel

14,302

165

Scarlet Witch

11

$3.99

Marvel

14,269

166

Invader Zim

14

$3.99

Oni

14,219

167

Gotham Academy Second Semester

2

$2.99

DC

13,856

168

James Bond Hammerhead

1

$3.99

Dynamite

13,819

169

Archie

13

$3.99

Archie

13,688

170

Revolution

3*

$3.99

IDW

13,486

171

Black Hammer

4

$3.99

Dark Horse

13,320

172

Power Rangers Pink

4

$3.99

Boom

13,274

173

Agents of Shield

10

$3.99

Marvel

13,025

174

Flintstones

4

$3.99

DC

12,740

175

My Little Pony Friendship Is Magic

47

$3.99

IDW

12,474

176

Black

1

$3.99

Black Mask

12,344

177

Betty Boop

1

$3.99

Dynamite

12,338

178

Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five

20

$2.99

DC

12,313

179

Shipwreck

1

$3.99

Aftershock

12,266

180

Injustice Gods Among Us Year Five

19

$2.99

DC

12,262

181

James Bond

10

$3.99

Dynamite

12,121

182

Skybourne

2

$3.99

Boom

11,977

183

Transformers Revolution

1*

$3.99

IDW

11,960

184

Lazarus

25

$3.99

Image

11,922

185

Patsy Walker AKA Hellcat

11

$3.99

Marvel

11,902

186

Suicide Squad Most Wanted

3

$4.99

DC

11,468

187

Black Science

25

$3.99

Image

11,425

188

Hellboy and BPRD 1954

2

$3.99

Dark Horse

10,996

189

My Little Pony Friends Forever

33

$3.99

IDW

10,532

190

Spookhouse

1

$3.99

Albatross

10,240

191

Love & Rockets Magazine

1

$4.99

Fantagraphics

10,036

192

Rick & Morty

19

$3.99

Oni

9,929

193

Wacky Raceland

5

$3.99

DC

9,923

194

Astro City

40

$3.99

DC

9,568

195

Batman 66 Meets Steed and Mrs Peel

4

$2.99

DC

9,556

196

Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur

12

$3.99

Marvel

9,509

197

Romulus

1

$3.99

Image

9,508

198

Teen Titans Go

18

$2.99

DC

9,506

199

Back To The Future

13*

$3.99

IDW

9,472

200

Fix

6

$3.99

Image

9,425

201

Aliens Defiance

6

$3.99

Dark Horse

9,346

202

Frostbite

2

$3.99

DC

9,312

203

Aliens Life and Death

2

$3.99

Dark Horse

9,206

204

Nighthawk

6

$3.99

Marvel

8,999

205

Godzilla Rage Across Time

3

$3.99

IDW

8,872

206

Godzilla Rage Across Time

2*

$3.99

IDW

8,859

207

Conan The Slayer

4

$3.99

Dark Horse

8,657

208

Britannia

2

$3.99

Valiant

8,583

209

Lumberjanes Gotham Academy

5

$3.99

Boom

8,574

210

Autumnlands Tooth & Claw

13

$2.99

Image

8,554

211

Marvel Tsum Tsum

3

$3.99

Marvel

8,550

212

Lucifer

11

$3.99

DC

8,507

213

Everafter From The Pages of Fables

2

$3.99

DC

8,414

214

Red One

4

$2.99

Image

8,266

215

Surgeon X

2

$3.99

Image

8,180

216

Glitterbomb

2

$3.99

Image

8,160

217

AOD Xena Forever and A Day

1

$3.99

Dynamite

8,097

218

Jughead

10

$3.99

Archie

8,032

219

Dark Tower Drawing of Three Sailor

1

$3.99

Marvel

7,910

220

Doctor Fate

17

$2.99

DC

7,854

221

Chew

59

$3.99

Image

7,845

222

Manifest Destiny

24

$2.99

Image

7,815

223

Secret Wars

6

$3.99

Marvel

7,785

224

Eclipse

2

$3.99

Image

7,764

225

Briggs Land

3

$3.99

Dark Horse

7,757

226

Faith

4

$3.99

Valiant

7,696

227

Birthright

20

$2.99

Image

7,567

228

Rick & Morty Lil Poopy Superstar

4

$3.99

Oni

7,559

229

Warhammer 40000 Will of Iron

1

$3.99

Titan

7,522

230

Scooby Doo Team Up

19

$2.99

DC

7,467

231

Jem & The Holograms

20

$3.99

IDW

7,454

232

American Vampire Anthology

2

$7.99

DC

7,376

233

Powers

7

$3.99

Marvel

7,352

234

Archangel

3*

$3.99

IDW

7,308

235

Beauty

11

$3.99

Image

7,210

236

Bloodshot Reborn

18

$3.99

Valiant

7,193

237

Justice League

1 Dir. Cut

$5.99

DC

6,992

238

Hadrians Wall

2

$3.99

Image

6,791

239

Renato Jones One Percent

5

$3.99

Image

6,671

240

Seven To Eternity

1

$3.99

Image

6,604

241

Spell On Wheels

1*

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,597

242

Doctor Who Supremacy of the Cybermen

4

$3.99

Titan

6,505

243

G.I. Joe A Real American Hero

233

$3.99

IDW

6,475

244

Sixpack & Dogwelder Hard-Travelin Heroz

3

$3.99

DC

6,442

245

Chimichanga Sorrow of Worlds Worst Face

1*

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,440

246

Simpsons Comics

233

$3.99

Bongo

6,394

247

Rise of the Black Flame

2

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,379

248

Harrow County

17

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,377

249

X-Files

7*

$3.99

IDW

6,362

250

Doctor Who 12th Year Two

10

$3.99

Titan

6,343

251

Dark Souls Legends of the Flame

2

$3.99

Titan

6,175

252

Star Wars

8

$3.99

Marvel

6,155

253

Doctor Who 10th Year Two

15

$3.99

Titan

6,130

254

BPRD Hell On Earth

146

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,056

255

Call of Duty Zombies

1*

$3.99

Dark Horse

6,008

256

Bobs Burgers Ongoing

16

$3.99

Dynamite

5,991

257

Tarzan On The Planet of the Apes

2

$3.99

Dark Horse

5,974

258

Adventure Time Comics

4

$3.99

Boom

5,962

259

Ragnarok

10

$4.99

IDW

5,927

260

Ninjak

20

$3.99

Valiant

5,876

261

Clean Room

12

$3.99

DC

5,807

262

Generation Zero

3

$3.99

Valiant

5,771

263

Lake of Fire

3

$3.99

Image

5,738

264

Adventure Time

57

$3.99

Boom

5,711

265

Doctor Who 11th Year Two

14

$3.99

Titan

5,710

266

Torchwood

2

$3.99

Titan

5,673

267

Ghostbusters International

9

$3.99

IDW

5,652

268

A Year of Marvels Unbeatable

1

$4.99

Marvel

5,651

269

Hard Case Crime Peepland

1

$3.99

Titan

5,627

270

Doctor Who 9th

6

$3.99

Titan

5,573

271

Sonic The Hedgehog

287

$3.99

Archie

5,502

272

Lumberjanes

31

$3.99

Boom

5,461

273

Wayward

17

$3.99

Image

5,431

274

Duck Avenger

1

$5.99

IDW

5,425

275

Savage Dragon

217

$3.99

Image

5,390

276

Warlords of Appalachia

1*

$3.99

Boom

5,349

277

Penny Dreadful

5

$3.99

Titan

5,340

278

Action Man Revolution

1*

$3.99

IDW

5,313

279

Ghostbusters International

10

$3.99

IDW

5,313

280

Demonic

3

$2.99

Image

5,269

281

The Skeptics

1

$3.99

Black Mask

5,258

282

Rumble

15

$3.50

Image

5,250

283

Sons of Anarchy Redwood Original

3

$3.99

Boom

5,247

284

Pathfinder Worldscape

1

$4.99

Dynamite

5,225

285

Kong of Skull Island

4

$3.99

Boom

5,191

286

Sheriff of Babylon

11

$3.99

DC

5,177

287

Black Light District 6 Issues

$3.99

Image

5,163

288

Cinema Purgatorio

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$6.99

Avatar

5,161

289

Doctor Who 3rd

2

$3.99

Titan

5,159

290

Hard Case Crime Triggerman

1

$3.99

Titan

5,133

291

Revival

43

$3.99

Image

5,130

292

Odyc

12

$3.99

Image

5,111

293

Sonic Universe

91

$3.99

Archie

5,097

294

X-Files Origins

3*

$4.99

IDW

5,065

295

Horizon

4

$2.99

Image

5,032

296

Shadow Death of Margo Lane

5

$4.99

Dynamite

4,992

297

Spongebob Comics

61

$3.99

United Plankton

4,985

298

Powerpuff Girls

4*

$3.99

IDW

4,981

299

Scooby Doo Where Are You

74

$2.99

DC

4,972

300

Uncle Scrooge

19

$3.99

IDW

4,931

304

A&A

8

$3.99

Valiant

4,826

306

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior

12

$3.99

Valiant

4,796

308

Street Fighter Unlimited

11

$3.99

Udon

4,606

309

War Stories

20

$3.99

Avatar

4,542

316

Rough Riders

6

$3.99

Aftershock

4,383

319

Grimm Fairy Tales 2016 Photo Shoot

$5.99

Zenescope

4,224

323

Street Fighter Legends Cammy

4

$3.99

Udon

4,131

324

Grimm Fairy Tales Annual 2016

1

$5.99

Zenescope

4,106

326

Grimm Fairy Tales Halloween Special 2016

$5.99

Zenescope

4,060

333

Evil Dead 2 Revenge of Dracula One Shot

$3.99

Space Goat

3,868

337

Voltron Legendary Defender

3

$2.99

Lion Forge

3,719

339

Lady Death Extinction Express

1 Std Ed.

$7.99

Coffin

3,690

340

Evil Dead 2 Dark Ones Rising

1

$3.99

Space Goat

3,688

342

Grimm Fairy Tales Genesis Heroes Reborn

$4.99

Zenescope

3,654

344

Irwin Allen Lost In Space

5

$3.99

American Mythology

3,640

350

Disney Pixar Finding Dory

4

$2.99

Joe Books

3,549

351

Girrion

1

$3.99

Scout

3,544

359

Pink Panther Trick Or Pink

1

$3.99

American Mythology

3,406

364

Bruce Lee Dragon Rises

4

$3.99

Magnetic

3,314

366

Three Stooges Curse of Frankenstooge

$4.99

American Mythology

3,254

367

Grimm Fairy Tales Robyn Hood I Love Ny

5

$3.99

Zenescope

3,251

370

Hillbilly

1

$3.99

Albatross

3,227

372

Belladonna

1

$5.99

Avatar

3,209

373

Evil Dead 2 Revenge of Jack The Ripper One Shot

3.99

Space Goat

3151

374

Insexts

8

3.99

Aftershock

3144

377

Kim and Kim

4

3.99

Black Mask

3083

379

Evil Dead 2 Dark Ones Rising

2

3.99

Space Goat

3081

381

Grimm Fairy Tales Van Helsing Vs Frankenstein

3

3.99

Zenescope

3019

387

Evil Dead 2 Revenge of the Martians One Shot

3.99

Space Goat

2940

391

Hillbilly

2

3.99

Albatross

2856

394

Black Hood Season 2

1

3.99

Archie

2822

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Publisher

Est. sales

1

Champions No Time For Losers #1

$7.99

Marvel

7,366

2

Wicked & Divine Vol. 4 Rising Action

$14.99

Image

7,273

3

East of West Vol. 6

$14.99

Image

5,605

4

Tokyo Ghost Vol. 2

$14.99

Image

5,294

5

Low Vol. 3 Shore of the Dying Light

$14.99

Image

4,689

6

Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Beats Up Marvel Universe HC

$24.99

Marvel

4,542

7

Doctor Strange Flight of Bones

$24.99

Marvel

4,505

8

Color Your Own Star Wars

$9.99

Marvel

4,478

9

Trees Vol. 2

$12.99

Image

4,453

10

Batman Dark Knight Returns Book & Mask Set

$39.99

DC

4,123

11

March Book 1

$14.95

IDW

3,962

12

Hellboy In Hell Vol. 2 Death Card

$17.99

Dark Horse

3,766

13

Superman American Alien HC

$24.99

DC

3,686

14

Walking Dead HC Vol. 13

$34.99

Image

3,347

15

Revolution Road To Revolution Special

$9.99

IDW

3,255

16

Neil Gaimans Troll Bridge HC

$14.99

Dark Horse

3,254

17

Head Lopper Vol. 1 Island or a Plague of Beasts

$19.99

Image

3,185

18

Wolverine Old Man Logan Vol. 2 Bordertown

$15.99

Marvel

3,160

19

Black Road Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

2,970

20

Buffy High School Years Glutton Punishment

$10.99

Dark Horse

2,951

21

Deadpool Worlds Greatest Vol. 4 Temporary Insanitation

$15.99

Marvel

2,934

22

Goodnight Batcave HC

$14.99

DC

2,806

23

Paper Girls Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

2,742

24

Saga Vol. 6

$14.99

Image

2,692

25

Black Widow Vol. 1 Shields Most Wanted

$17.99

Marvel

2,662

26

Warlord of Mars Dejah Thoris Vol. 1 Colossus of Mars

$16.99

Dynamite

2,592

27

Turok Dinosaur Hunter Vol. 1 Conquest

$16.99

Dynamite

2,535

28

X-O Manowar Vol. 1 by The Sword

$9.99

Valiant

2,534

29

Mask Strikes Back

$14.95

Dark Horse

2,531

30

Daredevil Punisher Seventh Circle

$15.99

Marvel

2,514

31

Mighty Avengers Vol. 1 Ultron Initiative

$14.99

Marvel

2,507

32

Doctor Strange Prem HC Vol. 2 Last Days of Magic

$24.99

Marvel

2,468

33

Discipline Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

2,458

34

All New Wolverine Vol. 2 Civil War II

$19.99

Marvel

2,302

35

Saga Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

2,274

36

DC Universe by Neil Gaiman Deluxe Ed HC

$29.99

DC

2,268

37

Extraordinary X-Men Vol. 2 Apocalypse Wars

$19.99

Marvel

2,245

38

Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 9

$12.99

Viz

2,179

39

Color Your Own Doctor Strange

$9.99

Marvel

2,144

40

Grayson Vol. 4 A Ghost in the Tomb

$16.99

DC

2,133

41

Flash An Adult Coloring Book

$15.99

DC

2,108

42

Secret Loves of Geek Girls

$14.99

Dark Horse

2,096

43

Punisher Max Complete Collection Vol. 3

$34.99

Marvel

2,093

44

Batman by Ed Brubaker Vol. 2

$19.99

DC

2,092

45

Elseworlds Batman Vol. 2

$24.99

DC

2,059

46

Marvels Doctor Strange Prelude

$16.99

Marvel

2,005

47

Flash by Geoff Johns Book 3

$24.99

DC

2,001

48

Monstress Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

1,974

49

Moebius Library World of Edena HC

$49.99

Dark Horse

1,968

50

All New X-Men Inevitable Vol. 2 Apocalypse Wars

$15.99

Marvel

1,907

51

Doctor Strange Epic Collection Separate Reality

$39.99

Marvel

1,893

52

Superman The Final Days of Superman HC

$29.99

DC

1,840

53

Swamp Thing The Dead Dont Sleep

$16.99

DC

1,838

54

Supergirl by Peter David Book 1

$24.99

DC

1,832

55

Disney Princess Comics Coll

$9.99

Joe Books

1,786

56

Batman The Killing Joke Special Ed HC

$17.99

DC

1,775

57

Attack on Titan Anthology Px Ed

$29.99

Random House

1,759

58

Captain America White

$24.99

Marvel

1,729

59

Teen Titans Go Bring It On New Ed

$12.99

DC

1,720

60

Carnage Vol. 2 World Tour

$15.99

Marvel

1,648

61

Mockingbird Vol. 1 I Can Explain

$17.99

Marvel

1,642

62

Nightwing Vol. 5 The Hunt For Oracle

$24.99

DC

1,616

63

Green Lantern The Silver Age Vol. 1

$24.99

DC

1,584

64

Convergence

$24.99

DC

1,568

65

Red Hood Arsenal Vol. 2 Devils Daughter

$16.99

DC

1,557

66

Star Wars Legends Epic Coll Original Marvel Years Vol. 1

$39.99

Marvel

1,553

67

Doctor Strange What Is It That Disturbs You Stephen

$29.99

Marvel

1,542

68

Vote Loki

$15.99

Marvel

1,540

69

Aquaman Vol. 7 Exiled

$16.99

DC

1,517

70

Captain Marvel Vol. 2 Earths Mightiest Hero

$29.99

Marvel

1,516

71

X-Men 92 Vol. 1 World Is A Vampire

$15.99

Marvel

1,507

72

Power Man and Iron Fist Epic Collection Revenge

$39.99

Marvel

1,506

73

Giant Days Vol. 3

$14.99

Boom

1,505

74

Walking Dead Vol. 26 Call To Arms

$14.99

Image

1,492

75

Predator Life and Death

$14.99

Dark Horse

1,446

76

Green Arrow Vol. 9 Outbreak

$17.99

DC

1,433

77

Fade Out Dlx Ed HC

$49.99

Image

1,429

78

My Little Pony Vol. 6 Crystal Empire

$7.99

IDW

1,386

79

We Are Robin Vol. 2 Jokers

$14.99

DC

1,386

80

Batman Hush Complete

$24.99

DC

1,360

81

Valiant Masters Shadowman HC Vol. 1 Spirits Within

$24.99

Valiant

1,348

82

Cbldf Presents She Changed Comics

$14.99

Image

1,341

83

Catwoman Vol. 8 Run Like Hell

$14.99

DC

1,286

84

Super Mario Adventures

$14.99

Viz

1,284

85

Black Dog Dreams of Paul Nash

$24.99

Dark Horse

1,282

86

Goldie Vance Vol. 1

$9.99

Boom

1,265

87

Saga Vol. 2

$14.99

Image

1,256

88

Back To The Future Vol. 2 Continuum Conundrum

$19.99

IDW

1,243

89

Superman Savage Dawn HC

$29.99

DC

1,242

90

Midnighter Vol. 2 Hard

$14.99

DC

1,232

91

Batman The Long Halloween

$24.99

DC

1,225

92

X-Men Gambit and Rogue

$24.99

Marvel

1,210

93

Hawkeye HC Vol. 3

$34.99

Marvel

1,207

94

Neil Gaimans Midnight Days

$16.99

DC

1,196

95

TMNT Ongoing Vol. 15 Leatherhead

$19.99

IDW

1,192

96

Fifth Beatle Brian Epstein Story Expanded Ed

$14.99

Dark Horse

1,167

97

Saga Vol. 5

$14.99

Image

1,167

98

Habitat

$9.99

Image

1,166

99

Saga Vol. 4

$14.99

Image

1,161

100

Color Your Own Young Marvel by Skottie Young

$9.99

Marvel

1,157

101

All New Inhumans Vol. 2 Skyspears

$19.99

Marvel

1,151

102

Watchmen

$19.99

DC

1,143

103

Saga Vol. 3

$14.99

Image

1,129

104

Black Panther Book 1 Nation Under Our Feet

$16.99

Marvel

1,126

105

Wolf Vol. 2 Apocalypse Soon

$14.99

Image

1,100

106

Aquaman A Celebration of 75 Years HC

$39.99

DC

1,095

107

Spider-Man Deadpool Vol. 1 Isnt It Bromantic

$17.99

Marvel

1,081

108

Wonder Woman The Golden Age Omnibus HC Vol. 1

$75.00

DC

1,076

109

I Am A Hero Omnibus Vol. 2

$19.99

Dark Horse

1,073

110

Dark Tower Drawing of Three Bitter Medicine

$19.99

Marvel

1,057

111

Wicked & Divine Vol. 1 The Faust Act

$9.99

Image

1,055

112

Descender Vol. 1 Tin Stars

$9.99

Image

1,038

113

Son of Satan Classic

$39.99

Marvel

1,015

114

International Iron Man Prem HC

$29.99

Marvel

1,014

115

Spider-Man Clone Saga Omnibus HC Vol. 1

$125.00

Marvel

1,012

116

Uncanny X-Men Omnibus HC Vol. 2

$100.00

Marvel

1,010

117

Harley Quinn & Suicide Squad An Adult Coloring Book

$15.99

DC

970

118

Thought Bubble Anthology Coll 10 Years of Comics

$9.99

Image

961

119

Walking Dead Vol. 1 Days Gone Bye

$14.99

Image

954

120

Doctor Fate Vol. 2 Prisoners of the Past

$14.99

DC

943

121

4001 AD

$14.99

Valiant

938

122

Coloring DC Wonder Woman

$15.99

DC

933

123

Prince of Cats HC

$24.99

Image

930

124

Flashpoint

$16.99

DC

929

125

Batman Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles HC

$24.99

DC

923

126

Godzilla Oblivion

$19.99

IDW

920

127

Sixth Gun Vol. 9 Boot Hill

$19.99

Oni

917

128

Color Your Own Deadpool

$9.99

Marvel

908

129

Street Fighter X G.I. Joe

$19.99

IDW

905

130

Justice League United Vol. 2 The Infinitus Saga

$14.99

DC

903

131

Legendary Star-Lord Vol. 4 Out of Orbit

$15.99

Marvel

901

132

Goon Library HC Vol. 4

$39.99

Dark Horse

883

133

Spirits of Vengeance Rise of Midnight Sons

$34.99

Marvel

883

134

Batman Vol. 1 The Court of Owls

$16.99

DC

882

135

Jim Hensons Dark Crystal Vol. 3 Creation Myths

$14.99

Boom

845

136

Tomb Raider 2016 Vol. 1 Spore

$19.99

Dark Horse

828

137

Charles Burns Last Look

$29.95

Random House

827

138

Get Jiro Blood and Sushi

$14.99

DC

827

139

Last Gang In Town

$14.99

DC

805

140

Ancestor

$14.99

Image

801

141

East of West Vol. 1 The Promise

$9.99

Image

801

142

Preacher Book 1

$19.99

DC

797

143

Bandette HC Vol. 3 House of the Green Mask

$14.99

Dark Horse

796

144

Transformers More Than Meets The Eye Vol. 10

$19.99

IDW

787

145

Wytches Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

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146

Dc Super Hero Girls Vol. 1 Finals Crisis

$9.99

DC

785

147

One Punch Man Vol. 1

$9.99

Viz

785

148

Double Life of Miranda Turner Vol. 1

$14.99

Image

784

149

Civil War

$24.99

Marvel

782

150

Infinity Gauntlet

$24.99

Marvel

776

151

Black Eyed Kids Vol. 1

$14.99

Aftershock

773

152

Walt Disney Donald Duck HC Vol. 9 Ghost Sheriff Last Gasp

$29.99

Fantagraphics

760

153

Batman Dark Knight Returns

$19.99

DC

757

154

Locke & Key Master Edition HC Vol. 3

$49.99

IDW

756

155

Tetris Games People Play

$19.99

St. Martins

754

156

Batman Vol. 3 Death of the Family

$16.99

DC

752

157

Batman Harley Quinn

$19.99

DC

739

158

Barbie Vol. 1

$7.99

NBM

738

159

Sons of the Devil Vol. 2 Secrets and Lies

$14.99

Image

734

160

Descender Vol. 2

$14.99

Image

733

161

Disney Pixar Finding Dory

$9.99

Joe Books

728

162

Hatsune Miku Mikubon

$10.99

Dark Horse

716

163

Metabaron HC Book 1 Techno Admiral Anti Baron

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Humanoids

716

164

Flash Vol. 1 Move Forward

$16.99

DC

705

165

Walking Dead Vol. 25 No Turning Back

$14.99

Image

703

166

Sandman Vol. 1 Preludes & Nocturnes

$19.99

DC

701

167

Rai Vol. 4 4001 Ad

$14.99

Valiant

694

168

Man Thing by Steve Gerber Complete Coll Vol. 2

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Marvel

693

169

Girl Who Kicked The Hornets Nest

$19.99

DC

692

170

Wolverine Old Man Logan

$29.99

Marvel

687

171

Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta Vol. 1

$9.99

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671

172

Tokyo Ghost Vol. 1 Atomic Garden

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669

173

Rick & Morty Vol. 1

$19.99

Oni

666

174

Wonder Woman The True Amazon HC

$22.99

DC

665

175

Saviors

$14.99

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661

176

March Book 3

$19.99

IDW

656

177

Batman Vol. 2 The City of Owls

$16.99

DC

654

178

Garfield Big Fat Hairy Adventure Original Gn

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Boom

654

179

Transformers Vol. 10

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IDW

651

180

Wraithborn

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Benitez

641

181

Space Battle Lunchtime Vol. 1 Lights Camera Snacktion

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Oni

634

182

Food Wars Shokugeki No Soma Vol. 14

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Viz

624

183

Vision Vol. 1 Little Worse Than Man

$17.99

Marvel

617

184

I Hate Fairyland Vol. 1 Madly Ever After

$9.99

Image

613

185

Joyride Vol. 1

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Boom

613

186

Marvel Universe According To Hembeck

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Marvel

601

187

Hyperion Daddy Issues

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Marvel

600

188

Star Wars Darth Vader Vol. 1 Vader

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589

189

Harley Quinn Vol. 1 Hot in the City

$16.99

DC

584

190

Low Vol. 1 The Delirium of Hope

$9.99

Image

581

191

Valiant Masters Bloodshot HC Vol. 1

$24.99

Valiant

580

192

Archie 1000 Page Comics Spree

$14.99

Archie

579

193

Neil Gaiman Graveyard Book Comp HC

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HarperCollins

578

194

Wicked & Divine Vol. 3

$14.99

Image

569

195

Dirk Gently Big Holistic Graphic Novel

$24.99

IDW

567

196

Wicked & Divine Vol. 2 Fandemonium

$14.99

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561

197

Wrath of the Eternal Warrior Vol. 2 Labyrinth

$19.99

Valiant

556

198

Nekogahara Stray Cat Samurai Vol. 1

$12.99

Random House

555

199

Solstice HC

$19.99

Image

553

200

TMNT Amazing Adventures Vol. 3

$17.99

IDW

552

201

Batman Vol. 7 Endgame

$16.99

DC

547

202

Shadow Death of Margo Lane HC

$24.99

Dynamite

546

203

How To Build Dungeon Book of Demon King Vol. 1

$12.99

St. Martins

536

204

March Book 2

$19.95

IDW

533

205

Lumberjanes Vol. 1

$14.99

Boom

531

206

Doctor Strange Fate of Dreams Prose Novel HC

$24.99

Marvel

530

207

Y The Last Man Book 1

$19.99

DC

528

208

Walking Dead Vol. 2 Miles Behind Us

$14.99

Image

525

209

V For Vendetta New Edition

$19.99

DC

522

210

October Faction Vol. 3

$19.99

IDW

521

211

Wynonna Earp Vol. 1 Homecoming

$19.99

IDW

515

212

Korgi Vol. 4 Problem With Potions

$9.99

IDW

514

213

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$14.99

Image

512

214

Bitch Planet Vol. 1 Extraordinary Machine

$9.99

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506

215

Jim Butcher Dresden Files Wild Card HC

$24.99

Dynamite

501

216

Uncle Scrooge Last Adventure

$14.99

IDW

500

217

Aw Yeah Comics Action Cat and Adventure Bug

$12.99

Dark Horse

498

218

Dreaming Eagles HC Vol. 1

$29.99

Aftershock

495

219

Batman Year One Deluxe Sc

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DC

488

220

Garden of Flesh HC Hernandez

$12.99

Fantagraphics

488

221

Nailbiter Vol. 1 There Will Be Blood

$9.99

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482

222

Pokemon Xy Vol. 8

$4.99

Viz

481

223

Tokyo Ghoul Vol. 1

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Viz

474

224

Preacher Book 2

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DC

471

225

Haunted Horror HC Vol. 4 Candles For Undead & More

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IDW

467

226

Superman Red Son New Edition

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DC

461

227

Walking Dead Compendium Vol. 1

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Image

456

228

Donald Duck Revenge of the Duck Avenger

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IDW

455

229

Jason Shiga Demon Sc Gn

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St. Martins

452

230

Angel Catbird HC Vol. 1

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Dark Horse

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231

Batman A Death in the Family New Ed

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DC

445

232

Astro Boy Omnibus Vol. 5

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Dark Horse

442

233

Batman Vol. 4 Zero Year Secret City

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DC

442

234

Rat Queens Vol. 1 Sass & Sorcery

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Image

439

235

Chew Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

436

236

Harley Quinn Vol. 2 Power Outage

$16.99

DC

436

237

Sex Criminals Vol. 1

$9.99

Image

436

238

Peanuts Vol. 8

$13.99

Boom

435

239

Samurai Jack Tales of Wandering Warrior

$49.99

IDW

433

240

Vampirella Archives HC Vol. 15

$49.99

Dynamite

433

241

Star Wars Darth Vader Vol. 3 Shu Torun War

$16.99

Marvel

429

242

Oh Joy Sex Toy Vol. 1

$29.99

Oni

427

243

Star Wars Vader Down

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Marvel

427

244

Rat Queens Vol. 3 Demons

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Image

426

245

Spawn Origins HC Vol. 10

$29.99

Image

422

246

V For Vendetta Book and Mask Set

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DC

422

247

Shang-Chi Master Kung Fu Omnibus HC Vol. 2

$125.00

Marvel

419

248

Power Man and Iron Fist Vol. 1 Boys Are Back In Town

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Marvel

418

249

Doctor Strange Omnibus HC Vol. 1 Ross Cvr

$75.00

Marvel

417

250

Miraculous Origins

$9.99

Action Lab

417

251

Platinum End Vol. 1

$9.99

Viz

417

252

Fate Zero Vol. 3

$11.99

Dark Horse

415

253

Johnny Homicidal Maniac Directors Cut SC

$21.95

Slave Labor

415

254

Batman Court of Owls Book & Mask Set

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DC

414

255

East of West Vol. 5 All These Secrets

$14.99

Image

414

256

Jingle Belle Whole Package

$29.99

IDW

414

257

Blackest Night

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DC

412

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Fix Vol. 1

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409

259

My Pathetic Vampire Life Vol. 1

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St. Martins

406

260

Batman Harley and Ivy Deluxe Ed HC

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DC

403

261

Doctor Strange Oath

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Marvel

402

262

Oh Joy Sex Toy Vol. 2

$29.99

Oni

402

263

East of West Vol. 2 We Are All One

$14.99

Image

401

264

Valiant Masters Ninjak HC Vol. 1 Black Water

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Valiant

401

265

One Punch Man Vol. 2

$9.99

Viz

400

266

Southern Bastards Vol. 3 Homecoming

$14.99

Image

398

267

Deadly Class Vol. 1 Reagan Youth

$9.99

Image

397

268

Fight Club 2 HC

$29.99

Dark Horse

397

269

All New Ghost Rider Vol. 1 Engines of Vengeance

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Marvel

395

270

Doctor Who 11th Vol. 2 Serve You

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Titan

395

271

Southern Bastards Vol. 1 Here Was A Man

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395

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Batman Vol. 5 Zero Year Dark City

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DC

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Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1 Squirrel Power

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Marvel

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Ms Marvel Vol. 1 No Normal

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Marvel

386

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Twilight Zone Shadow

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Dynamite

384

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D&D Legend of Drizzt Vol. 5 Streams of Silver

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IDW

383

277

Evil Dead 2 Vol. 2 Cradle of the Damned

$15.99

Space Goat

382

278

Fables Vol. 1 Legends In Exile New Ed

$12.99

DC

381

279

Deadpool & Cable Ultimate Collection Book 1

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Marvel

380

280

Black Science Vol. 1 How To Fall Forever

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Image

379

281

Care Bears Rainbow River Rescue Gn

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Lion Forge

379

282

Locke & Key Vol. 1 Welcome To Lovecraft

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IDW

379

283

Spider-Man Miles Morales Vol. 1

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Marvel

379

284

Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta Vol. 2

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Image

375

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Star Wars Darth Vader Vol. 2 Shadows and Secrets

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Marvel

374

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Batman Vol. 8 Superheavy

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DC

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Girl Power Amanda Conner Gallery Edition HC

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DC

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Judge Dredd Mega-City Zero Vol. 2

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IDW

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Oreimo Comic Anthology

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Dark Horse

369

290

Walking Dead Vol. 3 Safety Behind Bars

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Image

369

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Fairy Girls Vol. 3

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Random House

367

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Serenity HC Vol. 3 Shepherds Tale

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Dark Horse

367

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Batman HC Vol. 9 Bloom

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DC

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294

Batman Mad Love and Other Stories

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DC

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Suicide Squad Vol. 1 Kicked in the Teeth

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Injustice Gods Among Us Vol. 1

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Will Eisner Spirit Returns HC

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Dynamite

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DC

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Moon Girl and Devil Dinosaur Vol. 1 BFF

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Harley Quinn Preludes and Knock Knock Jokes

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DC

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7th Garden Vol. 2

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Viz

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Zenescope

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As noted Friday, the market remains on track for a year that's slightly in positive territory — but 2016 will not be as big a growth year as 2015.

Friday, November 11, 2016

Well, we thought we were done with it. After an absence from the sales rankings of more than a year, the repackaging service Loot Crate again in October vaulted an unlikely lead comic book atop Diamond Comic Distributors chart of best-selling comics.

Boom Studios' Big Trouble in Little China/Escape from New York #1, in addition to having one of the longer names for any best-selling comic book, becomes the publisher's first top-seller; back in May 2016, it just missed with its previous Loot Crate offering, the second-place Bravest Warriors: Tales from the Holo John #1. That was the last Loot Crate item to make a big statistical splash.

While it's good to see comics circulating in a variety of places, neither issue was likely anywhere near a top-five book within the Direct Market. Diamond is well aware of the disconnect, as evidenced by its news release; the lead item is that Marvel's Champions #1was the distributor's top comic in dollar terms, with the Boom title mentioned later in the first paragraph. Since Loot Crate variant copies do not result in many — if any — dollars to the distributor, Loot Crate copies add little to a book's ranking on the dollar charts.

Diamond shipped 9.64 million comic books in the month, including those Loot Crate copies; the true number going to comics shops is a few hundred thousand copies lower. But that's still enough to be well ahead of October 2015's total — and the dollar total for the whole Direct Market, $51.29 million, is just slightly above the mark set a year earlier. That has the result of keeping the whole year on pace for an increase over last year, if just barely. The aggregate changes over time:

DOLLARS

UNITS

October 2016 vs. September 2016

Comics

18.42%

18.38%

Graphic Novels

-7.01%

-9.67%

TOTAL COMICS/GNs

10.69%

16.23%

Toys

-1.07%

-26.26%

October 2016 vs. October 2015

Comics

5.74%

13.61%

Graphic Novels

-10.40%

-5.82%

TOTAL COMICS/GNs

1.09%

12.23%

Toys

-15.81%

-23.92%

Year-to-Date 2016 vs. Year-to-Date 2015

Comics

3.59%

2.86%

Graphic Novels

-0.01%

-1.28%

TOTAL COMICS/GNs

2.48%

2.52%

Toys

-5.05%

-7.94%

Diamond began reporting monthly and annual change figures for toys; it's the first time it's reported non-print aggregate data in a long time. Diamond used to report the shares of all its sales categories within Diamond; it can be seen on the lower left on this page, for example. Toys were the largest non-print category for the distributor 15 years ago and today that likely remains the case (no pun intended).

Both this October and last had four shipping weeks — as did September 2016 — making our new weekly sales breakdown chart straightforward:

October 2015

September 2016

October 2016

Comics ordered in month

8,488,000

8,145,400

9,642,500

Total value of comics, GNs, magazines ordered in month

$50,732,300

$46,334,000

$51,289,400

New Comics Days in month

4

4

4

Comics ordered PER SHIP WEEK in month

2,122,000

2,036,350

2,410,625

Total value of comics, GNs, magazines ordered PER SHIP WEEK in month

$12,683,075

$11,583,500

$12,822,350

As noted above, Big Trouble earns the "Loot Crate dagger" in the Top 10 rankings, to go with the asterisks denoting returnability:

We've got Dark Knight III and Civil War II back in the charts this time — as well as what may be the highest-ranked Doctor Strange issue ever, timed for the movie release.

Technically, the result this month makes Boom the sixth publisher in the Diamond Exclusive Era to post a comic book at #1, following Marvel, DC, Image, Dreamwave, and IDW. But on ourrecords page, we still count it as four with an asterisk, given that both Boom's and IDW's 2015 entry came mostly via comics sold outside the Direct Market.

Champions also rules the top-seller charts for graphic novels in October, although here the reverse is true of the Champions comic book; at $7.99, the Champions: No Time for Losers reprint edition (which collects five Champions issues from the 1970s) is almost certainly not the top seller by dollars.

The result of October's action was a return for Marvel to the top of the unit and dollar market shares charts, after several months during which DC's Rebirth titles gave it the lead. The returnable phase of releases is coming to an end for most of those books, yet DC remained a strong second with both figures topping 30%. Boom shot up to fourth place in unit sales, though much of that again is a Loot Crate statistical artifact.

Dollar Share

Unit Share

Marvel

35.89%

36.58%

DC

30.70%

34.76%

Image

9.45%

8.83%

IDW

4.70%

3.44%

Dark Horse

3.47%

2.27%

Boom

2.85%

5.55%

Dynamite

2.00%

1.54%

Titan

1.23%

1.13%

Viz

0.88%

0.29%

Oni

0.81%

0.58%

Other

8.00%

5.02%

Finally, looking at the new items shipped tells us that new release volume increased a lot in the month. The number of new comics, 528, is the largest figure since June and 19% more than we saw last October. The graphic novel release total is also up 24% over last year, and is the largest number of new GNs in a month since March:

Comics
shipped

Graphic
novels
shipped

Magazines
shipped

Total
shipped

Marvel

89

39

0

128

DC

88

32

1

121

Image

58

22

1

81

IDW

44

31

0

75

Dark Horse

25

21

0

46

Boom

28

10

0

38

Titan

26

2

4

32

Dynamite

23

7

0

30

Oni

13

4

0

17

Viz

0

17

0

17

Other

134

160

19

313

TOTAL

528

345

25

898

With two months left to report, the Direct Market stands $93 million shy of its total for 2015. Comics shops can hit that even if sales drop 11% in November and December. If the months are simply flat, the year should come in around $591 million; $600 million is still possible but it's an increasingly long shot. On the other hand, prospects look very good for overall comic book purchases to top 100 million copies for the first time in many years.

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